Guard-rail wedge device.



B. N. STROM.

GUARD RAIL WEDGE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 001.17, 1914.

Patent ed Dec. 15,1914.

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APPLICATION FILED 0OT.17, 1914.

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EUGENE N. STROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PETTIBONE MULLIKEN COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GUARD-RAIL WEDGE DEVICE.

Application filed October 17, 1914.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE N. STROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guard-Rail W edge Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improved means for securing a wedge in its wedging position.

The present improvement is particularly useful in its application to guard-rails in railway-tracks, for which purpose I have more especially devised it without, however, intending to limit it thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing my improvement applied to a guard-rail in its relation to a main rail; Fig. 2 shows the same in plan section,

the section being taken just below the heads of the rails; Fig. 3 is a section on the irregular line 33, Fig. 1; Fig. at is a view of the device in end elevation regarded from the right-hand side of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 18 a view of V the toothed wedge in sideelevation; Fig. 6 is a view in end elevation and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the toothed wedge-holding tongue, and Fig. 8 is a broken view show ng the wedge-confining and tongue-guiding member in side elevation.

A main rail 9 seats on a tie-plate 10 or bed-plate provided on one end with a shoulder 11, against which abuts the tail-piece 12 of a rail-brace 13 fitting against the adjacent side of the main rail, being riveted to the tie-plate at the tail-piece through which and the tie-plate extend holes for spiking the parts to a railway-tie (not shown). A guard-rail 15 is spaced from the main rail by a spacer-block 16, shown to be formed in'two sections having opposing diagonal inter-meshing serrated faces, these sections being respectively tongued and grooved, as represented at 17 in Fig. 3, and the tongued section being riveted through end flange-extensions 18 to the adjacent side of the guardrail neck for permanently fastening it thereto, while the companionsection is adjustable.

The construction thus far described presents no features of novelty.

Near the outer side of the guard-rail there rises from adjacent sections of the tie-plate a pair of parallel cheeks 19 connected above their bases by a cross-piece 20 forming a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Serial No. 867,105.

space below it, the cheeks carrying on their upper forward edges a diagonally extending head 21 of general D-shape in cross-section, forming a flanged recess 22. This section of the tie-plate is shown to be provided with.

recesses 23 and a spike-hole near its end through which to spike it to a tie. A. wedge 2: fits against the outer side of the guardrail neck between the head and flange of the rail, and has formed on its outer side a di.

agonally extending rib 25 entering the recess 22. The under side of this rib is serrated, as shown at 26. A tongue 27 having 7 a spike-hole 28 in its outer end, to register with the hole 23, is provided with a rising inner section 27 terminating ina head 29 provided with a serrated upper face to mesh with the flange-teeth 26.. This tongue is con:

fined on the plate 10 by the cross-piece 20 and the cheeks 19.

Preparatory to driving the wedge 24: for tightening it,'in the first instance or subsequently to take up wear, the spike (not shown) for fastening the tongue through the holes 28 and 23 to a tie, is drawn to free the tongue and permit its withdrawal Sllf".

this means the wedge is securely held against displacement from its driven p0sition,and only requires to be disturbed for re-driving it to take up wear, or when the parts undergo repair.

It willbe noted that the spike used'for fastening the tongue through the holes 28' and 23 to a tie will always enter the same hole in the latter, since the tongue always occupies the same operative position, thereby avoiding destructive mutilation of the tie which is caused in devices for the same purpose employing a spiked member for holding the wedge, by requiring it to be spiked down in a diiferent place on the tie for each j nt. This is one of the advantages afforded by my improvement, other advantages lying in the simplicity and durability of the construction, and the facility with.

which the parts may be assembled and the wedge and tongue adjusted.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction thus specifically shown and described, and I do not intendby illustrating a single specific or preferred embodiment of my invention to be limited thereto; my intention being in the appended claims to claim protection upon.

all the novelty there may be in my invention as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentv is:

1. The combination ofja bed-plate, an object supported thereon, and means for tightening said object in place, said means including a wedge, a tongue releasably secured on the plate and movable, when released, horizontally back and forth relatively to the wedge, and interlocking mechanism between the wedge and tongue.

2. The combination of a bed-plate, an ob ject supported thereon, and means for tightening said object in place, said means including a serrated wedge, and a serrated tongue releasably secured on said plate and movable, when released, horizontally back and forth relativelylto the wedge for engaging the tongue-teeth with those on the wedge to hold the latter against displacement.

3. The combination of a bed-plate, an'object supported thereon, and means for tightening said object in place, said means including a diagonally extending head rigidly supported on said plate, a serrated wedge between said head and object, and a serrated tongue rele'asably secured on said plate and movable, when released, horizontally "back and forth relatively to the wedge for engaging the tongue-teeth with those on the wedge to hold the latter against dis placement.

4. The combination of a bed-plate, an object supported thereon, and means for tightening said object in place, said means including cheeks rising from said plate, a cross-piece connecting the cheeks, a head extending diagonally and rigidly across the cheeks, a serrated wedge between said head and object, and a serrated tongue extending under the cross-piece between the cheeks and releasably secured on saidplate for engaging its teeth with those on the 'wedge'to hold the latteragainst displacement.

5. The combination of a bed-plate, an object supported thereon,and means for tightening said object in place, said means in- Ccpies ofthis patent may be obtained for eluding cheeks rising from said plate, a cross-piece connecting'the cheeks, a longitudinally recessed head extending diagonally and rigidly across the cheeks, a wedge between said head and object and having a serrated flange in said recess, and a serrated tongue extending under the cross-piece between the'cheeks and releasably secured on said plate for engaging its teeth with those in the tie-plate, and interlocking mechanism between the wedge and tongue.

' 7. In combination, a tie-plate supporting a main rail and a guardrail in spaced relation and provided with a spike-hole near one end, and means for tightening the guardrail in place, said means including a diagonally extending head rigidly supported on said plate, a serrated wedge between said head and guard-rail, and a'tongue having a spike-hole in its outer-end portion to register with said'spikehole in the tie-plate and provided with teeth on its opposite end engaging with those'on the wedge to hold the latter against displacement. I

8. In combination, a tie-plate supporting a main.v rail and aiguard-rail in spaced relation and provided with a spike-hole near one end, and means for tightening the guard rail in place, said means comprising cheeks rising fromsaid plate, a cross-piece connecting the cheeks, alongitudinally recessed head I extending diagonally and rigidly across the cheeks, a wedge between'said head and guard railand having a flange in said recess provided with teeth on its lower face, and a tongue extending under the cross-piece between the cheeks and having a spike-hole in its outer-end portion to. register with said spike-hole in the tie-plate and a raised section toward its inner end terminating in a head provided withteeth to engage with those on the wedge-flange and hold the wedge against displacement.

EUGENE N. STROM. In presence of El). STEELE, O. C. AVIsUs.

five-cents each, by addressingythe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

